The individual jiva-souls (marginal living entities) also known as jiva-tattva, are independent expansions of Krsna endowed with their own "free will" with their own unique personality separate from Krsna's Personality.
However, because Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of ALL causes, the jiva-souls are ALWAYS dependent on Krsna in the Spiritual Worlds and in the material worlds.
Being a "marginal" living entity also means having "free will", the jiva-souls have free will with their own separate identity, individuality, personality and character, that allows each jiva-soul to voluntary express themselves separately from Krsna in their own unique way.
However, as said above, the jiva-souls ALWAYS dependent on Krsna in both the Spiritual and material worlds.
The jiva-souls do not share Krsna's personality like the Visnu-tattva and Visnu-sakti-tattva living entities do because the jiva-souls are not direct expansions of God (Krsna) as they are.
Each jiva-soul has their own unique independent personality that allows them to express themselves in their own unique way.
Śakti-tattva" refers to the many energies or different categories of living entities coming from Krsna.
What does Visnu-sakti-tattva mean?
Srila Prabhupada - "Tattva is manifested in different ways:
1 - Viṣṇu-tattva,
2 - Viṣṇu-śakti-tattva,
3 - jīva-tattva, like that". (Lecture on SB 6.2.7, Vrndavana, September 10, 1975)
"Śakti-tattva" refers to the many energies of God and there are many categories including among the living entities.
Therefore when putting "Viṣṇu" in front of "sakti" like "Visnu-sakti-tattva" it then refers to the direct expansions of Krsna because sakti can also refer to the jiva-souls.
Visnu-sakti-tattva expansions of Krsna are eternally engaged in their service as the Lord because such expansions have only the desire to please Krsna or Visnu BECAUSE they ARE the Lord and can NEVER be covered by Maya.
They ARE Krsna playing a different role within His own pastimes, unlike the individual jiva-souls who have their own free will and personality separate from Krsna's Personality, with also their own independent sense of self. In other words the jiva-souls are NOT God (Krsna)
Therefore obviously the Visnu-tattvas and Visnu-sakti-tattva's concept of free will and independence is only to please Krsna or Visnu BECAUSE they ARE direct expansions of Krsna.
As said above, Visnu-tattvas are direct expansions of Krsna, and Visnu-sakti-tattva are also direct expansions of Krsna playing different roles in His own pastimes.
This is important to understand, and explains why Visnu-tattva and Visnu-sakti-tattvas living entities can NEVER fall down from Vaikuntha or Goloka Vrindavan.
And many living entities in the Spiritual Worlds are Viṣṇu-tattva and Visnu-sakti-tattva expansions expansions of Krsna playing many different roles.
Vaikuntha and Goloka Vrindavana are made up of many Visnu-sakti-tattvas and Visnu-tattvas servants too all playing different roles, such as gopis, gopas and many, many others there.
There are also unlimited jiva-tattvas playing many different roles in Vaikuntha and Goloka Vrndavana as well, as servants and friend of the Krsna.
Some roles in both Vaikuntha and Goloka-Vrindavana are very difficult to know if the pastimes are played out by a Visnu-sakti-tattva, Visnu-tattva or jiva-tattva entities.
Visnu-tattvas ARE Krsna's direct stand-out expansions such as Balarāma, Narayana, Visnu, Ramachandra, Narsinga deva etc, but there are other expansions too who maybe just simple cowherd boys (gopas) or gopis (women).
In Goloka Vrindavana, no one knows who is who except Krsna, who is jiva-tattva, who is Visnu-sakti-tattva or who is Visnu-tattva.
In fact the inhabitants in Vrindavana do not even know this little boy Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the cause of ALL causes, nor do they care.
As already explained, Visnu-sakti-tattva and Visnu-tattva expansions, can never fall down because they ARE Krsna playing another role and in His own pastimes, and may not even outwardly show they are Visnu-tattva or Visnu-sakti-tattvas in the play they are in.
And yes, in some Visnu-tattva and Visnu-sakti-tattvas roles, the Lord outwardly seems to forget they are Krsna's expansion in that role or pastime they are in.
After all, Krsna can do ANYTHING He likes, He is not bound by even His own rules.
Krsna is the ORIGINAL Form of God from whom ALL His Visnu/Narayana and Visnu-tattva forms expand from, and that number is in the Trillions.
The only difference between Srimati Radharani and Krsna, and Lord Balarama and Krsna, is Lord Krsna IS the ORIGINAL Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of all causes.
Krsna ALWAYS has 4 MORE qualities or attributes than both Radharani (Sakti or Visnu-sakti-tattva expansion) and Balarama (Visnu-tattva expansion) who only partly exhibit those qualities, yet both ARE none different than Krsna the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of ALL causes.
Because they are not the original (first) form of God (Krsna) with ALWAYS the full 64 qualities, then not even Srimati Radharani, Krsna's eternal consort, or Balarama, Krsna's older brother are fully equal to Krsna in that sense because both originated from Krsna making Krsna is the first. But only in that sense, in all other ways they ARE equal to Krsna.
Srila Prabhupada - "In the category of Visnu-tattva there is no loss of power from one expansion to the next, any more than there is a loss of illumination as one candle kindles another. Thousands may be kindled by an original candle, and all will have the same candle power. In this way it is to be understood that although all the Visnu-tattvas, from Krsna and Lord Caitanya to Rama, Narasimha, Varaha, and so on, appear with different features in different ages, all are equally invested with supreme potency. (Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi 3.71, Purport)
The difference is the original Kṛṣṇa never kills demons because He never leaves Vṛndāvana nor does Balarama who is already Krsna's first expansion.
Krsna does leave the Spiritual World's Vrindavana and enters the the facsimile Vrindavana in the material creation, that pastime is performed by a 4 armed Visnu-tattva expansion of Kṛṣṇa who plays the role of 2 armed Krsna on this Earth planet.
Visnu-sakti-tattva living entities are explained above?
Visnu-tattva and Visnu-sakti-tattvas also do not always have those 64 unique qualities in full like Krsna ALWAYS does.
Lord Krsna has 64 qualities which is 100% of His own unique qualities.
1 - Visnu-tattva has 60 of Krsna's 64 qualities (the full 100%) which is 93.75%
2 - Visnu-sakti-tattva also has 60 of Krsna's 64 qualities (the full 100%) which is 93.75%
3 - Siva-tattva has 54 of Krsna's 64 qualities which is 84.375% of Krsna's full qualities.
4 - Jiva-tattva souls have 50 of Krsna's 64 qualities which is 78.125% of Krsna’s full qualities.
Also the jiva-soul's 78.125% of Krsna's qualities can NEVER become Visnu-sakti-tattva or Visnu-tattvas 93.75% they have of Krsna's qualities
Or become Siva-tattva who has 84.375% of Krsna’s 64 qualities, which is 54 qualities of Krsna's 64 attributes.
And the jiva-tattva souls can never lose their separate individual unique personality, "free will or independence" that they have eternally (given by Krsna)
All living entities are "sakti-tattva" because they are expansions of Krsna and are part of His energy (Sakti) but there are different categories all explained above.
When putting "Viṣṇu" in front of "sakti" like "Visnu-sakti-tattva" it then refers to the direct expansions of Krsna whereas "sakti" can also refer to the jiva-souls.
The jiva-souls are fully dependent on Krsna yet at the same time independent from Krsna (this means their unique personality is independent)
The sun-rays are fully dependent on the Sun-disc because the sun-rays emanate from the Sun-disc and therefore depend on the Sun-disc for their existence.
The Sun-disc has no meaning without the sun-rays, and the sun-rays have no meaning without the Sun-disc.
Similarly, as explained in "Nectar of Devotion" the living entities mentioned above have no meaning without Krsna, and Krsna has no meaning without the living entities.
Adapted from the teachings of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada my eternal Spiritual Master.×.×..
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